Explaining sources of discrepancy in SSM/I water vapor algorithms

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3229-3255

  Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COOLING; IMAGE SENSORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEAM;

CLIMATE DYNAMICS; PRECIPITABLE WATER (PW);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; PRECIPITABLE WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SSM-I; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0344984319     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3229:ESODII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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